Helplines in Nigeria.

Is school or work affecting you emotionally? Find support through a free helpline in Nigeria.

Persistent problems at school or work may leave you feeling overwhelmed, stressed, singled out or left behind. What’s worse, such challenges can be impossible to avoid, with daily exposure impacting your mental health and wellbeing. There are 2 hotlines in Nigeria where you can ask for help if you:

• Feel stressed and overwhelmed by the quantity or content of homework, tasks, assignments and projects.
• Avoid interacting or working on tasks by withdrawing, sleeping or hiding in the rest room.
• Experience intense shyness, anxiety and low self-esteem when interacting on tasks with others.
• Feel so unhappy attending that you regularly find ways to avoid school, classes or work.
• Don’t trust your peers, teachers or colleagues and feel victimised by their words and actions.
• Feel self conscious and somehow inferior to others around you at school or work.
• Pretend that you are sick, nauseous or hurt so that you can avoid attending.
• Struggle to follow lessons or tasks that those around you appear to find easy.

From heavy workloads and pressure from teachers or management, to low confidence, undiagnosed learning disorders, and subnormal vision or hearing. So many issues can drive serious challenges at school or work. Your worries may even be social ones. Interactions that others find easy may feel more demanding for you.

When negative feelings about school or work start impacting your ability to thrive, it might be time to speak to someone. You have the potential to find your voice and succeed, but sometimes you can only do this with support and understanding. Consider contacting a helpline in Nigeria for free, confidential help.